straight arrow

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity. US,informal
    — He was put down at first as a "straight arrow" — a do-gooder — and the description was sometimes accompanied by the cry, "ugh." as in old Westerns when the settler is shot by the wily redskin.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow.
    — The goal can not be attained by a straight arrow flight.

词形变化

straight arrows plural straight-arrow alternative

词源

From archery, in which an arrow that has a straight shaft flies where you shoot it, while a crooked arrow will veer off.
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